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Robert Stillo Called Up to Team Canada!

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Mississauga, Ontario native Robert Stillo has been called up to the Canadian national team in occasion of the friendlies against Bulgaria and Moldova. Robert gained promotion into Serie B  and won the Lega Pro Supercup  with AC Perugia this season. Canada will play Bulgaria on May 23, and Moldova on May 27, Canada Soccer reports. Both friendlies will take place in Austria.  Here is the complete list of call ups:  GK- Milan Borjan | unattached / sans club GK- Roberto Stillo | ITA / A.C. Perugia GK- Ricky Gomes | POR / Uniao Mentemor D- Nik Ledgerwood | GER / MSV Duisburg D- Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé | CAN / Impact de Montréal D- Andre Hainault | GER / FC Aalen D- Adam Straith | GER / Wehen Wiesbaden D- Daniel Stanese | GER / FC Augusburg II D- Tyler Pasher | FIN / Kemi Kings D- Manjrekar James | HUN / PMFC Matias D- David Edgar | ENG / Burnley FC D- Luca Gasparotto | SCO / Glasgow Rangers M- Julian de Guzman | GRE / Skoda Xanthi M- Pedro Pacheco | ...

Catenaccio Special Feature: Interview with Roberto Stillo

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Few Canadians have ever bent grass blades of Italian soccer fields, and even fewer were born in Canada. Robert Stillo , a 23 year old Mississauga native is living the dream of so many Italian-Canadian Serie A enthusiasts: to play soccer in Italy. Robert is a self-declared "crazy Canuck goalie", currently plying his trade at AC Perugia Calcio . The Grifoni,  once a hotbed of soccer featuring Japanese superstar Hidetoschi Nakata and South Korean Jung-Hwan Ahn , is currently looking to revive past glory and is fighting for promotion in the Lega Pro. Stillo is currently on loan to Perugia, a city he says he's in love with, from none other than Serie A's Parma FC . Robert granted me an interview, in which we talked about his soccer background, his present and his prospects for the future. Tell me about your career in Canada. Which soccer clubs did you play for there and for how long? "Growing up in Mississauga I played for my local club Erin Mi...